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What size of RAD? Would 2 RADS even fit in my case??

I already specced you a kit with a better pump and a nice thick 360 rad, a separate 240 with a case they'd fit in and got you seriously better monitors.

All you'd need is coolant, a few of the fittings mentioned above and maybe a little extra tubing. A couple of fan splitters and an active DP cable would finish it.
You might want a bridge on the cards too.

Ps, 7950/7970's are beating 670/680's at that res. An extra gigabyte won't change that.
 
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Can someone post parts with their links, I want a dual drive bay reservoir btw, I can't figure out what barbs and other shiz is, can someone just link me to the parts?
 
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Hello! Could I cool my 2 GPU's and CPU off of one 360 Rad?

All depends on whats in the equation.

Depends on the watercooling setup (Rad thickness, fans, pump etc etc), what computer parts you are using (GTX 480 produces a lot of heat compared to GTX 580, Core I7 920 runs hotter than Core I7 2700k), and the temperature of the room.

Basically, you can run 2 gpus and a cpu off a single 360 rad. Don't expect amazing temperatures, specially when you come to overclocking.

I ain't seen any posts in this thread other than this one, so sorry if I cause anything.
 
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Hmmm, looks good, but that's expensive, I'd rather get the £5.99 one... This is what I have so far, any suggestions?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Borderlands 2 & Assassin's Creed III PC Games £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £334.99
1 x Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020008-UK) £264.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black - with FREE Corsair Dual Pack AF120 Performance Fans £229.99
1 x Corsair Force GT 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F240GBGT-BK) £179.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB (8x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q2-32GBZL) £149.99
3 x IIyama Prolite E2273HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £125.99 (£377.97)
1 x Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Elite Mechanical Keyboard £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Razer Mamba 2012 4G 6400 DPI Wireless Mouse £114.98
1 x Logitech C910 HD 1080p Pro 10 Megapixel Webcam £79.99
2 x Aqua Computer AquagraFX - GTX 670 Water Block £76.99 (£153.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £74.99
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
1 x Aqua Computer Cuplex Kryos XT - Socket 2011 £69.98
1 x XSPC X2O 750 Dual 5.25” Bay Reservoir Pump £59.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £52.99
1 x Mayhems Ice Dragon Nano Fluid 1L £23.99
2 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 15,9/11mm (7/16ID) UV-Reactive Orange 3.3m £10.88 (£21.76)
1 x Official Overclockers UK Elite Gaming Mug £4.99
16 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£47.84)
Total : £3,859.75 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 
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Just my 2 cents but I think you may be pushing it using a single SR1 360 rad in there and I personally tend to recommend less rad than others here. I'm unsure of the pump too and whether 1.8m of pressure head is going to be enough to get the fluid around that system, I'd personally recommend a D5 but there are other options out there.

Also, just a minor point but I'd not be paying £24 for that coolant either though someone else may be able to shed some light on its performance 'claims'. What's wrong with H2O and a bit of biocide?

I'd recommend you pay Uncle Petey's advice a bit more attention and as Avathar said, slow down a bit and get some proper research in before splashing so much cash mate.
 
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Oh and yeah, 32GB RAM at 1600MHz seems somewhat overkill. As also mentioned it might be worth reducing the amount and going for faster RAM, can't imagine you'll ever need 32GB and it'll likely just hinder any overclocking.
 
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Ok, can you link me to a 'D5' and some rads that will fit in this case, some decent non-conductive coolant? Maybe?

I need the reservoir to be a drive bay one..
 
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Ok, but all I saw for RipjawsZ was 32Gig, I'll go downgrade to a 16GB red type..

Got the Corsair Vengeance 2133Mhz!
 
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Will all this work? AM I MISSING ANYTHING? If so add it in!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Borderlands 2 & Assassin's Creed III PC Games £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £334.99
1 x Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020008-UK) £264.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black - with FREE Corsair Dual Pack AF120 Performance Fans £229.99
1 x Corsair Force GT 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F240GBGT-BK) £179.99
3 x IIyama Prolite E2273HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £125.99 (£377.97)
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Elite Mechanical Keyboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Razer Mamba 2012 4G 6400 DPI Wireless Mouse £114.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance RED 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11R) £99.95
1 x Logitech C910 HD 1080p Pro 10 Megapixel Webcam £79.99
2 x Aqua Computer AquagraFX - GTX 670 Water Block £76.99 (£153.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £74.99
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
1 x Aqua Computer Cuplex Kryos XT - Socket 2011 £69.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £52.99
1 x XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25" Reservoir for Laing D5 £49.99
1 x Mayhems Ice Dragon Nano Fluid 1L £23.99
2 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 15,9/11mm (7/16ID) UV-Reactive Orange 3.3m £10.88 (£21.76)
1 x Official Overclockers UK Elite Gaming Mug £4.99
16 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£47.84)
Total : £3,799.73 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 
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Nice, thanks! Do you have any idea if the other stuff will all be compatible, is there anything else I need like tons of clamps or something?
 
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Nice, thanks! Do you have any idea if the other stuff will all be compatible, is there anything else I need like tons of clamps or something?

I don't really know that much about watercooling (Im more into highend GPUs and CPUs) but the guys who post on this forum really do know their stuff.

Just having a look at your spec though and I think some of the guys have mentioned this as well, you really need a bit more than one 360mm rad to cool your CPU and two GPUs. Perhaps you should ask them the best way to get more cooling in your case. Also the staff at ocuk know a lot about this and using the 800D case.
 
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Think I'd still go with the Vengeance RAM tbh but mainly because I think the TeamGroup RAM is arse ugly (I'm being a tart I know :p)!

With regards to radiators, the beauty of the 800D and other 'shelved' cases is the option of putting rads under the shelf. Have a look at this, a bit more extreme than what you're planning with the watercooling but rad wise this is probably what you should be doing imo. You could get away with going 2x240 but for an extra tenner or so I'd go 360 +240. (You can also lay the bottom rad flat like so).

Pump wise, as I say I'd recommend a D5. You can get them in the same housing as the pump you'd specced or set one up on it's own like I have done in my build (see my sig) which gives you more freedom to use a stand alone res.
Be aware that the res you've chosen doesn't include the pump.

You may notice in my build that I have a 240 rad and another single, the single is a 140 which is in between a 120 and 240. Overall adds to a bit over a 360 rad but I will be replacing my 240 with a 360 as soon as I can a) afford it and b) be bothered to mod my case to take a 360 up top!


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Fluid wise, get yourself to your local garage and buy some distilled water for about £1 and add a few drops of this (< that bottle will last a LONG time).

Another thought. What made you choose the KFA 670s? I'm not 100% on this but they don't look like reference cards to me which will likely mean the full cover blocks won't fit.

EDIT II:
Thinking about it again I'm 99% sure those cards won't take the full cover waterblocks as they're the 4GB cards. Go for reference cards mate, they'll only be 2GB but in SLI this'll make naff all difference really, you'll see more benefit with upping the clock speeds which is where the fun begins. :D
 
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